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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...[[1677]] - The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orang...
12: ...ombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...ublican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive term...
22: ...d as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title ...
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[...
9: ...[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, afte...
11: ...]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...azine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover...
15: ...ark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ge:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bon...
3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
7: ...arings that were distinguished by their inclusiveness and published its report ''Our Common Future'' i...
9: ...when she was succeeded by [[Thorbj?agland]]. She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|...
11: ...ide response to stem outbreaks of [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]]. Gro Harlem Brundtland wa...
15: In 2004 the British newspaper [[The Financial Times]] listed her the 4th most influental European for...
17: ... by her husband, Arne Olav Brundtland in his two bestsellers, "Married to Gro" (ISBN 8251616476) and t... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
12: | '''Predecessor:'''
15: | '''Successor:'''
24: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
31: ...]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Marg... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ...ngton state]] and is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
7: ...state legislator, and Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was...
9: ...se it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful campaign to build a new library there.
11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
13: ... also worked on legislation regulating nursing homes. - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: '''Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo''' ([[January 18]],[[1930]]-[[July 10]...
3: ...sidential election, 1986|ran]] for President in [[1986]] and served in the [[European Parliament]] from ... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
12: |'''Predecessor'''
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
22: |[[Professor|University Professor]]
25: |[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
27: ...inistration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[Afr... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ...[feminism|feminist]] and [[journalist]] and a spokeswoman for women's rights. She is the founder and o...
5: ...e traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]...
8: ...cholarship winner. She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adla...
9: ...!'' magazine and also freelanced for other magazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance w...
12: ...n this role, Gloria managed to organize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...ndash; [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...urgh]], she was the daughter of a well-do-to businessman. Cassatt grew up in an environment that value...
6: ...llow male students, and the slow pace of her courses, she decided to study the [[Old Masters|old maste...
8: ...ishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled a...
16: ...] impressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friend... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...h]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of l...
5: ...name ''Osceola''. Her younger brother [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French...
7: ...a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in 19...
9: ...ish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Av...
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...in [[Tenby]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales|South Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] ...
7: ...' in Paris. Back in England, she taught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[...
11: ...to shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry.
13: ...e town, [[Augustus John]], and later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]].
15: ...ted States]]. The poet [[Aleister Crowley]] unsuccessfully sued her and the publisher for libel over a... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...rize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her infant ...
10: ...the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
12: ...ing "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-cla...
15: *''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970)
25: ==Short Stories== - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: ...– [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist born in [[Sun Prairie, Wisc...
4: ...ed as [[Yoni|yonic]] symbols. Her mature style stressed contours and subtle tonal transitions, which o...
8: ...'s interpretations of landscapes in the American West.
12: ...health, was uncomfortable with travel. Her trips west gave her the solitude she required to pursue her...
14: ...anta Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] until her death in 1986. Her home was in [[Abiquiu, New Mexico]]. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ... image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist ph...
11: ...press goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on...
19: ...m Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter...
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